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23rd Annual Development Symposium
Society for Research in Adult Development (SRAD)

Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers

March 22 & 23, 2008

Pre-conference Affiliate of the American Educational Research Association

PROGRAM SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

Click on a session for detailed information

Saturday, March 22

8:00am - 12:00pmRegistration (The symposium registration fee includes a full membership in SRAD for one year.)
8:30am - 9:00amWelcoming Remarks
9:00am - 11:00amSession 1: Wisdom and Moral development
11:00am - 1:00pmSession 2: Roles, Identity and Well-being
1:00pm - 2:00pmLunch Break
2:00pm - 4:00pmReigstration table open
2:00pm - 4:00pmSession 3: Individual Therapy and Community Intervention
4:00pm - 5:15pmColloquium: What's to Compare When Comparing Content-Free Developmental Theories? Correlating an Adult Development Theory with the General Theory of Hierarchical Complexity
6:00pm - 9:00pmWorkshop: Applying the Model of Hierarchical Complexity to Score Answers and To Create Self Scoring Tasks (Workshop participation is free of charge.)

Sunday, March 23

8:00am - 12:00pmReigstration table open
8:00am - 10:00amSession 4: Promoting Adult Development in College and Beyond
10:00am - 12:00pmSession 5: Measuring Complex and Creative Thought
12:00pm - 1:00pmLunch Break
1:00pm - 2:00pmBusiness Meeting (All attendees are encouraged to participate.)
2:00pm - 4:00pmSession 6: The Societal Contexts of Adult Development

Saturday, March 22

8:00am - 12:00pmRegistration (The symposium registration fee includes a full membership in SRAD for one year.)
8:30am - 9:00amWelcoming Remarks
9:00am - 11:00amSession 1: Wisdom and Moral development

Convener & Facilitator (Sara Ross, ARINA, Inc.)

Christopher P. Adkins (The College of William & Mary)
Stimulating Secondary Moral Intuitions: Theoretical and Empirical Support for Role-taking with Adolescents and Adults

Christopher P. Adkins (The College of William & Mary)
Stimulating Secondary Moral Intuitions: Theoretical and Empirical Support for Role-taking with Adolescents and Adults

Dawn E. Schrader (Cornell University)
Toward a new model of development and change in moral development theory

James P. Gubbins (Salem S4ate College)
Creative Career Paths, Mentoring, and Moral Advance

Neha Khetrapal (University of Allahabad, Allahabad)
The concept of .Wisdom. and its Development across Adulthood

Shruti Baijal (University of Allahabad)
Understanding wisdom in adult development: cognitive neuroscientific approach

Roderic L. Owen (Mary Baldwin)
The Wisdom Tradition: the Afflictions of Affluence, the Appeal of Simplicity

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11:00am - 1:00pmSession 2: Roles, Identity and Well-being

Convener and Facilitator: Dawn E. Schrader (Cornell University)

Lisa M. Dinella and Diana Igelshteyn (Monmouth University)
How Young Adults. Sex and Gender Identities Relate to their Post-College Ambitions: Implications for Career and Emotional Development

Anne E. Noonan (Salem State College)
Older Adults. Experiences with Social Relations at Work

Julia A. Smith (Southeast Missouri State University)
Autonomy in Late Adolescent Female Development

Lisa Dinella & Jacqueline Fasolino (Monmouth University)
Sex Differences in Young Adults' Emotional Responses to Music

Thomas Swan (Siena College), Suzanne Benack (Union College) and Joshua Hart (Union College)
The development of fundamental security operations

Sharon Belden (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
Toward a New Psychology of Careers: Exploring Career Resilience of Men in Today's Business World

Gabriel Bukobza (Tel Aviv University)
Associations between Self-Identity Complexity and Significant Life Events

Joaquim Armando Ferreira (University of Coimbra), Eduardo R. Santos (University of Coimbra), & Maria Isabel Ventura (JI do Livramento)
Job satisfaction and subjective well-being among Portuguese kindergarten teachers

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1:00pm - 2:00pmLunch Break
2:00pm - 4:00pmReigstration table open
2:00pm - 4:00pmSession 3: Individual Therapy and Community Intervention

Convener and Facilitator: Ellen Banks (Daemen College)

Audrey Kemp (Virginia Tech)
Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP): A health needs assessment of New River Valley, Virginia

Hayley Briggs and Frances A. Campbell (University of North Carolina/ Chapel Hill)
A Longitudinal Examination of Involvement in Crime: Ages 18-30

Michelle E. Ronayne and Debra Harkins (Suffolk University)
Moving from grassroots to non-profit in the field of domestic violence: How consultants can bridge the gap

Yvonne Bissonnette Tate and Jamie Rodriguez (College of William & Mary)
Promoting Ego and Moral Developmental in Adults with Anger Issues

Jordan Quaglia & Jane Berry (University of Richmond)
Using Appreciative Reminiscence Therapy to Broaden-and-Build

Nancy Sherman (Bradley University), Chris Rybak (Bradley University), and Becky Earhart (Fayette Companies)
Is there Joy After 60? Exploring Meaning in Life and Depression in Older Adults

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4:00pm - 5:15pmColloquium

What's to Compare When Comparing Content-Free Developmental Theories? Correlating an Adult Development Theory with the General Theory of Hierarchical Complexity
Herb Koplowitz (Terra Firma Management Consulting) and Sara Ross (ARINA, Inc)

6:00pm - 9:00pmWorkshop

Applying the Model of Hierarchical Complexity to Score Answers and To Create Self Scoring Tasks
Michael Lamport Commons (Harvard Medical School), Sara Nora Ross (ARINA, Inc) and Darlene Crone-Todd (Salem State College)

(There is no additional cost to participate in the Workshop. Participants are welcome to bring their dinners in with them.)

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Sunday, March 23

8:00am - 12:00pmReigstration table open
8:00am - 10:00amSession 4: Promoting Adult Development in College and Beyond

Convener and Facilitator: Joanna Gonsalves (Salem State College)

Jonathan Cabiria (Fielding Graduate University) and Jerri Lynn Hogg (Bay Path College)
Appreciative Coaching as a Developmental Tool

Ilana Y. Kustanowitz (Fordham University)
Characteristics of Emerging Adults who Participate in Community Service Activities

Jerri Lynn Hogg (Bay Path College)
Digital Technologies Usage and Developmental Considerations: Placing the Right Technology with the Right Person at the Right Time

Herbert P. Ginsburg (Columbia University) & Michael D. Preston (Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning)
An innovative Web system for enhancing adults. critical thinking skills

Sascha Bernholt (Institute of Pure and Applied Chemistry), Ilka Parchmann (Institute of Pure and Applied Chemistry), and Michael Lamport Commons (Harvard Medical School)
Hierarchical Complexity Applied to the Domain of Combustion: An Educational Research and Modeling Approach

Deanne S. Gute (University of Northern Iowa)
Writing their Way to Flow: A Method to Help College Students Confront and Transform Academic Disengagement

Lynn Swaner (Long Island University)
Effects of Engaged Learning Pedagogies on Adult and Student Development: The Bringing Theory to Practice Project (BTtoP)

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10:00am - 12:00pmSession 5: Measuring Complex and Creative Thought

Convener and Facilitator: Patrice Miller (Salem State College)

Mike Jay (Leadership University)
Developmental Stage Differences Among Developmental Assessment

Sara Nora Ross (ARINA, Inc)
Seeing Adult Development Through the Lens of Nonlinear Dynamics: The Fractal Transition Step Sequence of Hierarchical Complexity

Jennifer Follis, Darlene Crone-Todd, & Nicole Cristelli (Salem State College)
A Comparison of Two Scoring Systems for Complex Thinking Required by Exam Questions

Nicole M. Cristelli, Darlene E. Crone-Todd, & Jennifer Follis (Salem State College)
Scoring Student Answers Using the Model of Hierarchical Complexity

Sara Nora Ross (ARINA, Inc)
Toward Describing New Order 15 in the Model of Hierarchical Complexity and Refining Descriptions of Paradigmatic Order 13 and Cross-Paradigmatic Order 14

Ellen C. Banks (Daemen College)
Development of Reflective Judgment: A Longitudinal Study of College Students

Christine Saltzberg (University of New Hampshire)
Epistemological Perspectives of Nursing Students

Gary Gute (University of Northern Iowa)
Assessing psychological complexity in highly creative persons

Gregory R. Quinting (University of Pennsylvania)
Nobel Strengths: The Attributes of Scientists by CAVE

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12:00pm - 1:00pmLunch Break
1:00pm - 2:00pmBusiness Meeting (All attendees are encouraged to participate.)
2:00pm - 4:00pmSession 6: The Societal Contexts of Adult Development

Convener and Facilitator: Darlene Crone-Todd (Salem State College)

Karen VanderVen (University of Pittsburgh)
The 21st Century Erikson: A New Life Course Theory for a Changing World

Garrett McAuliffe (Old Dominion University)
Instigating Constructive Development through a Cultural De-centering Intervention

Jonathan Cabiria (Fielding Graduate University)
Virtual World Engagement and Developmental Redirection for Marginalized People

Jacqueline Mattis, Nyasha Grayman, Sheri-Ann Cowie, Cynthia Winston, Carolyn Watson, & Daisy Jackson (New York University)
Intersectional Identities and the Politics of Altruistic Care in a Low-Income, Urban Community

Yoonjung Park, Joan T. D. Suwalsky, & Marc H. Bornstein (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
European American Rural Appalachian Family Life: Adolescent and Adult Mothers and Their Infants

Janet Froeschle (West Texas A & M University), Yvette Castillo (West Texas A & M University), Mary Mayorga (University of Houston-Victoria ), Ann Wardle (University of Houston-Victoria), and Yvonne Quintanilla (Northern Kentucky University)
The Role the Media Plays on the Development of Female Self Esteem and Body Image

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